A.G. Gancarski
A new ad takes a critical look at the legacy of Florida’s U.S. Senator Rick Scott.
The spot from “Scott Watch,” called “Shapeshifter,” purports to “give Floridians the facts about their Senator’s record of attacking their freedoms and putting his own political ambitions and the needs of his wealthy donors ahead of working families and seniors in the state.”
“There’s nothing more terrifying for Floridians than self-serving, shapeshifting politicians like Rick Scott who always put their own political ambitions ahead of protecting the freedoms of the people they were elected to serve,” said Scott Watch Communications Director Anders Croy.
“For over a decade, Rick Scott has made it clear that there is no plan too extreme for him to support, or favor for the wealthy corporate elite too shameful for him to do, at the expense of Florida’s working families and seniors. Whether it is ending Social Security and Medicare as we know it, slashing funding for public education, the environment, and health care, or supporting a national abortion ban, Floridians deserve to know that Rick Scott has a long history of attacking their freedom to be healthy, prosperous, and safe.”
The ad paints Scott as an amoral, Machiavellian figure dedicated to snuffing out populist policy aims with gleeful abandon.
“Driven by an insatiable desire for power, he used his positions to leave a trail of destruction in his wake,” the narrator contends.
“As Governor of Florida, he went on the attack, slashing funding for public education, health care, and environmental protection. Scott’s agenda left everyday Floridians to suffer, all while lining the pockets of his wealthy corporate elite donors. His reign of terror has extended to the halls of the United States Senate, where he has put the freedoms of all Floridians at risk.”
See the ad below.
14 comments
Michael K
May 13, 2024 at 10:22 am
Concise summary of Rick Scott’s “legacy.”
KathrynA
May 13, 2024 at 9:14 pm
so true!
PeterH
May 13, 2024 at 11:40 am
Rick Scott is now attacking Trump’s New York judge’s daughter! Basically doing what Trump can’t do for himself! Despicable and desperate!
nail
May 13, 2024 at 4:13 pm
He went to trump tower to pick up trump that morning and chaffered him to court…giving him and trump to get his words set for the pre-organized Fox News to be their when Scott exited the courtroom 3 hours after they started and not during a break…he then gave a trump like hate speech full of lies about the Judge, his wife and his daughter..
All this information has been made available to there NY AG and DA for their declinations of bring charges against Scott because trumps “gag order ” says:
A gag order prohibits attacks on potential witnesses, jurors and court staff — and was extended to cover the families of the prosecutors and judge after Trump went on several rants about Judge Juan Merchan’s adult daughter.
It also states that it covers comments by Trump’s ALLIES if he directs them to speak.
This is a simple case it’s not circumstance….Scott picked up trump, brought him to the court, sat for 3 hours exactly and had a TV Fox full camera crew waiting for him. All while he missed a date in Congress to vote on a very substancial bill, The FAA.
Avin Bragg made it known he knows what happened and does not have to bring the GAG order to Marchans attention until he has a warrant!
rick whitaker
May 13, 2024 at 4:18 pm
lock scott up, lock scott up. fbi look into scott right before the election. lock scott up, lock scott up. twilight zone.
Dont Say FLA
May 13, 2024 at 11:42 am
Not much shocks me anymore but Rick Scott going on the Sunday news shows to brag about his company committing the biggest healthcare fraud against the US Government in all of history, that shocked me.
The shocking bit is not that he did the fraud, of course. That’s not even surprising for G0P. The shocking part was that just went on TV to brag about his company Columbia/HCA bilking Medicare out of 1.7 billion dollars.
Republicans like Rick Scott accuse Democrats of fearmongering about Medicare and Social Security. And guess what, that’s yet another confession from the G0P being presented as an accusation.
James Cocores MD
May 13, 2024 at 1:29 pm
In exemplary fact, Cocores J v Scott, Rick, 502017CA010055, 15th Judicial Circuit of FL, and 25 additional Florida government co-conspirator defendants, Rick Scott has made it clear that there is no plan too extreme for him to support or favor the wealthy corporate elite too shameful for him to do, at the expense of Florida’s working families and seniors. Indeed, Rick Scott has a long history of attacking the freedom of Floridians to be healthy, prosperous, and safe. Exhibit A: Rick Scott and the Florida Department of Justice have been sitting on their hands for 11 years while 70-year-old JA Cocores MD continues to try and fail to obtain a minimum $13/hr job to survive.
James Cocores MD
May 14, 2024 at 3:54 am
Democratic party ad said PolitiFact Amy Sherman on June 17, 2014, that Rick Scott took the Fifth Amendment 75 times. Scott, the then-primate of the Florida Department of Health and Florida Board of Medicine, was connected to a massive Medicare fraud scandal. India trained Zachariah P Zachariah MD and appointed Nabil el Sanadi MD, also not an addictions psychiatrist, to judge addictions psychiatrist James Cocores MD as the lead Florida Board of Medicine Probable Cause Panelist. At the same time, el Sandi shot himself in the heart in a public bathroom while under investigation by the FBI for healthcare fraud as CEO of Broward Health. Hedge fund manager Dr. Zachariah, a top fundraiser for George W Bush and cardiologist for the Bush family, was under federal investigation regarding stock trading. Zachariah is still a Florida Board of Medine member, possibly covering everyone’s tail.
Laura M
May 14, 2024 at 7:55 am
He’s a tyrant Trumpublican whose greed is insatiable. Trucky Ricky will stop at nothing to line his pockets and those of the wealthiest with blatant disregard for the working class and senior citizen.
Kay Hart
May 14, 2024 at 5:58 pm
Scott should have been locked up….a long time ago for all his Medicare Fraud! Now, he’s a mouthpiece for the Putin puppet and is on his way to destroying the middle glass!#VoteBlue to get rid of these Right Wing Crazies!🌊🌊🌊
Lonnie
May 14, 2024 at 7:04 pm
And to think we lost the rare Statesman Bill Nelson to a criminal slimeball like Scott.
Thankfully, Nelson landed on his feet leading NASA and our country is all the better for his continued public service.,
MH/Duuuval
May 15, 2024 at 9:58 am
Perzactly, though Bill not without his warts.
MH/Duuuval
May 14, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Scott = Creature from the White Lagoon.
Dont Say FLA
May 15, 2024 at 2:36 pm
OMG you’re right. THAT’s why Rick Scott looks so familiar but in an unfamiliar pasty kind of way
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